Scrapheap Challenge: The Scrappy Races (2004)

Spin off series from "Scrapheap Challenge". It was broadcast following the main series and was also presented by Robert Llewellyn and Lisa Rogers. The series saw several teams being given a budget to...

November 12, 2000, in the city of Kaprun, Austria, a terrible fire erupted on a funicular railway train. Aided by advanced computer imaging, a reconstruction of a step by step sequence provides a look into the cause and effects that led to the death of 158 people within 9 minutes. What began from a defective heater, sparked a fire, and fueled by flammable hydraulic oil, caused poisonous smoke to pour up the tunnel. It caused 155 people escaping from the train and 3 others residing at the top of the train station, to die of toxic fumes. 3 survivors also provide accounts of their escape from the disaster. And of how a hero led 12 survivors away from the flames and fumes and down to safety.